ADRIFT Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

adrift

adjective

Definition of adrift

as in deserted

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Recent Examples of adrift Two fishermen were rescued Wednesday after floating adrift more than 100 miles off the coast of Mexico with no food or water for five days, the Mexican navy announced. — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Urushadze presents a sympathetic portrait of Niaz, a man who once embodied a certain type of swaggering masculinity but now seems adrift in the modern world. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 Vytas, living at home with his parents and adrift, volunteers to pack supplies and joins performance-art protests covered in red paint, using the experience in part to get his mojo back as a creative. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026 The graphic below shows each squad’s market value, as estimated by German website Transfermarkt, with Hull cast far adrift. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Since then, the 10,800-pound booster has been adrift in orbit. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026 The group reportedly alerted passengers that the captain had lost control of the vessel and the ship was traveling adrift, according to La Repubblica. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026 That feeling of being adrift without knowing where to turn is what the filmmakers built the movie around. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Her Maggie and Morgan’s Negan aren’t simply two survivors adrift in the Walking Dead’s post-apocalyptic hellscape, trying to scrape a meager existence together. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for adrift

Adjective

Among all the far-off places, and all the deserted and unknown cities, among all the lawless, godless regions, the Guayrá was an oasis.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
The red-brick Southeast Lighthouse, perched atop the Mohegan Bluffs, is all but deserted.

— Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of deserted

Adjective

Instead, the people most comfortable with science and numbers were also the most divided along cultural and political lines over climate risk.

— Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Daza Olivas was placed under arrest and transported to Troop H where he was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and driving the wrong way on a divided highway, according to state police.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of divided

Adjective

The funding infusion represents the second significant capital raised toward the sweeping project, which so far has involved entities connected to Mehta purchasing half a dozen properties on three blocks of Fillmore between Clay and Pine streets, including the forsaken theater.

— Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Swift rewrites the forsaken lover's fate through her own lens.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025

Definition of forsaken

Adjective

Investors and analysts are increasingly looking to other parts of the market, both to find neglected sources of value and to start assuming a defensive posture against a possible downturn.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Changing their environment is more reliable and more neglected.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of neglected

Adjective

According to the gallery, the 25-minute film is set in a semi-abandoned hotel near Tokyo and reimagines the Greek myth of the goddess Persephone’s abduction by Hades.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
The city has been overwhelmed in recent years by an influx of abandoned and stray dogs and puppies.

— Alyce McFadden, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of abandoned

Adjective

At their worst, the defense couldn’t get stops when needed, and their offense looked disjointed.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Critics like Carlock have noted that the space can feel disjointed for pedestrians, as roadways and cars still have the urban authority.

— Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of disjointed

Adjective

That’s the conclusion of new survey of 5,693 frontline workers and managers out of Dayforce, which finds that frontline productivity suffers due to disconnected information and workflows.

— Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Industry estimates suggest that nearly 70 percent of operational tasks in complex supply chains are routine and strong candidates for automation, yet many remain manual and heavily dependent on disconnected workflows.

— George Ninikas, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

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